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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#C00000'>He can always sue, that doesn’t imply a court would rule
in his favor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#C00000'>Terms 11 and 12 cover no warranties expressed or implied, if you
use the application you are accepting these terms. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";
color:#C00000'>In my opinion there is nothing preventing you from explicitly
stating the no warranties expressed or implied at the very top (not a
reordering of the GPL, but an introduction)- if they don’t accept that
they can stop there. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Shlomo Zalman Heigh
[mailto:szh1@szh1.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 20, 2010 2:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> license-discuss@opensource.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> GPL Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GPL says that the user is not required to
accept the license. If my user doesn't accept the license, and (I
assume) he can still <i>use </i>the software without <i>distributing </i>it,
if there is a bug that damages his computer, can he sue me for it? If so, is
there a license that doesn't have this issue?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Shlomo Zalman Heigh<br>
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